Victoria - O magnum mysterium
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Choral » Anthems & Motets
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In the sacred music, Stile Antico deliver performances of admirable contrapuntal clarity, sonic bloom and opulence; devotees of their approach won’t be disappointed. They could hardly dispute,... — More…
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Diapason d’Or, December 2019, Nouveauté
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Presto Recording of the Week, 29th November 2019
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Christmas is often treated as a time of extroverted celebration, intimacy is the keynote of Noël, the Armonico Consort’s new seasonal collection. That’s partly because the choir has just eleven... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas Issue 2023, Christmas Choice
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Bruno Cocset and Guido Balestracci take turns playing the solo bass (and sometimes treble) viol parts in these 27 ricercars, effectively elegant fantasies on mostly pre-existing pieces. They... — More…
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Veni Domine
RecommendedAdvent & Christmas from the Sistine Chapel
Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo)
Sistine Chapel Choir, Massimo Palombella
Everything here is sung with extreme subtlety and a delicacy which rather confounded my expectations. Palombella (who, like all his predecessors in the role, is ordained in Holy Orders) clearly... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 1st December 2017
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Sacred Music: A Christmas History & A Choral Christmas
RecommendedPresented by Simon Russell Beale
The Sixteen, Harry Christophers
Together [Beale and Christophers] form a fascinating insight into the way Christmas music has developed over the millennia from a fragment of papyrus preserving the earliest known piece of Christian... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 5th December 2011
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The award-winning group Voces 8 is well-known for its wide-ranging programmes and accomplished technical control...In Monteverdi's Cantate Dominum (this is his 1620 setting, not the 1615 one)... — More…
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The 50-strong oratory choir is made up entirely of boys, and conductor Charles Cole draws singing of vernal freshness from them, with excellent ensemble and an interpretive awareness that puts... — More…
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Victoria - Et Jesum & Motets à voix seule
RecommendedCarlos Mena (countertenor), Juan Carlos Rivera (lute, vihuela) & Francisco Rubio Gallego (cornet)
It needs a special voice to focus the attention so clearly on itself, and Mena’s fits the bill. He has an extraordinary range…I suspect that those who dislike the ‘churchy’ manner in which the... — More…
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Building a Library, May 2011, Featured
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Secret History - Music by Josquin and Victoria
John Potter (vocals), Anna Maria Friman (vocals), Ariel Abramovich (vihuela), Jacob Heringman (vihuela), Lee Santana (vihuela), Hille Perl (viola da gamba)
[Potter’s] approach is varied…In the Gloria of the Mass and elsewhere [he[] artfully switches between parts as he goes along so as to produce an appealing continuous vocal line. The instrumentalists... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, August 2017
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